Write three paragraphs in response to a fiction text of your choosing. In the first paragraph, introduce the text, the author, the key characters, and the topics. In the second paragraph, explain one theme from the text, citing evidence from the text to support your explanation. In the final paragraph, describe your personal connection to the text, its characters, and its theme.

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."